Category : Uruguay
Uruguay launches new innovation program
Uruguay’s government has launched a program called Uruguay Innovates (U+I), which it says will boost investment and improve development in the country. On May 21,...
José “Pepe” Mujica dies aged 89
Former president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has died aged 89. Mujica, an ex-guerrilla who spent over 14 years in prison during the 1970s and 1980s,...
Uruguayan police on “full alert” after multiple bomb threats within one week
Uruguayan authorities have dealt with at least six bomb threats over the past week, with university buildings and shopping centers having been evacuated. The bomb...
Uruguay’s new government recognizes neither Maduro nor González Urrutia as Venezuela’s president
Uruguay’s Foreign Minister has said that the recently inaugurated government will recognize neither Nicolás Maduro nor Edmundo González Urrutia – an opposition politician who is...
Uruguay ranked least corrupt country in the Americas
Anti-corruption organization Transparency International has published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), revealing Uruguay to be the least corrupt country in the Americas. Countries receive...
Questions re-emerge about possibility of cannabis tourism in Uruguay
Uruguay’s incoming Minister and Vice Minister of Tourism, Pablo Menoni and Ana Laura Caram, have offered their perspective on legalizing cannabis tourism in the country. ...
How Latin America voted in 2024
Salomé Beyer Vélez contributed to this article. Globally, around 1.7 billion voters in over 70 countries took to the polls to cast their votes in...
Former Vice President Lucía Topolansky claims some on left lied about Uruguay’s dictatorship-era crimes
Image credit: Montecruz Foto via Flickr Former Vice President Lucía Topolansky alleged that members of the left-wing lied about crimes against humanity committed during Uruguay’s...
